If you've ever wondered what the ingredient is that makes jelly beans so hard and shiny, you may wish you had never asked that question at all. So let's not beat around the bush: Jelly beans are shiny ...

For lacquer finish users, good news: Shellac flakes have become more plentiful. Shellac starts out as a crusty protective coating secreted on tree branches by the tiny lac bug (Laccifer lacca), which ...

The next time you're eating shiny candy, look at the ingredients list. You might see "confectioner's glaze." Also known as "shellac" or "beetlejuice," confectioner's glaze is not powdered sugar like ...